Ben Stokes, Shubman Gill and Mitchell Santner New Zealand demolition Zimbabwe in Bulawayo shifts and 359 runs could make subtitles for its complete dominance, but has no impact on the ICC World Test Championship (WTC) 2025-27 table-A therefore no direct impact on the current position of India. This is because Zimbabwe, although it is a fully Member Nation of ICC, is not part of the WTC cycle. When the tournament was launched in 2019, only the nine best test teams were included in March 31, 2018. Zimbabwe, along with Ireland and Afghanistan, missed and have not been added to the competition yet.
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Nine competing nations remain Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.ICC World Test Championship, 2025/27
World Championship Test (WTC) Points Table for cycle 2025–27
Currently, after the Trophy Anderson series – Pondulkar, India is third on the WTC table with a percentage of 46.67 points. England sits fourth with 43.33. Australia leads a way with the perfect 100 points from their opening matches, while Sri Lanka ranked second 66.67.
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Should Zimbabwe be included in the ICC World Test World Championship in the future?
For India, New Zealand will not change right now. The Kiwis-winner inauguration cycle 2019-21-Jesters must start the WTC 2025-27 campaign, which starts in December in the three-test home series against West Indies. But the match in Bulawayo was historical. New Zealand announced at 601 for three than Skittling Zimbabwe, Zak Foulkes grabbed five goals in the second shift to seal the third biggest victory in testing in the test history. Although it does not move the position of WTC today, a performance like this is reminiscent that when Kiwis joins the race, they could be one of the largest Indian obstacles on the way to the final of 2027.
